Rahul Tiwari
khelja|17-06-2024
Australia : On one hand, the matches of the T20 World Cup 2024 edition are being played in the grounds of West Indies and America. On the other hand, a veteran Australian player, who recently left Australian cricket and started playing cricket from Italy, scored a century in just 52 balls while playing for Italy and played an important role in helping his team win the match by a big margin.
Australia's legendary batsman Joe Burns, who recently left Australia and decided to play cricket for Italy, scored his first T20 International century in 52 balls by thrashing the Romanian bowlers in the World Cup 2026 qualifier.
During this innings, Joe Burns played an unbeaten innings of 108 runs in 55 balls with the help of 12 fours and 4 sixes.
With the help of this innings of Joe Burns, Italy defeated Romania by 160 runs in the match.
Joe Burns made his international debut for Australia in 2014. After making his international debut in 2014, Joe Burns played 23 Test matches for Australia between 2014 and 2020. During this period, Burns scored 1442 runs while batting at an average of 36, but since 2020, Joe Burns has not got a chance to play international cricket.
Joe Burns has now joined the list of those players who have scored a century while playing for two countries at the international level. These players include keeper Wessels, Gary Balance, Ed Joyce, Eoin Morgan and Mark Chapman.
